Saturday 3 January 1953 at Molineux (Att 33,091)

Wolves (1) 1 (Swinbourne 37): Williams, Pritchard, Gibbons, Baxter, Chatham, Wright, Hancocks, Broadbent, Swinbourne, Wilshaw, Mullen.
Charlton Athletic (1) 2 (Wright 8og, Ayre 70): Bartram, Hewie, Lock, Fenton, Ufton, Hammond, Ayre, Firmani, Leary, Vaughan, Kiernan.

Referee: Mr N Taylor (Westbury, Wilts).
Order of Goals: c,W,c.
Own Goal: Billy Wright was awarded the own goal despite strong claims from Eddie Firmani that he had got the last touch.
Position: 4th.